Melissa Sagemiller

It's difficult to tell who should be more excited NBC officially picked up “Chicago Fire” for a second season Friday: The cast and crew of the firefighter drama or the Illinois Film Office.

The good news allows the Dick Wolf-produced show to concentrate on developing cliffhangers that will bring viewers back for Season 2 and provides the cast and crew, including stars Taylor Kinney and Jesse Spencer, with job security.

“It was really unnerving,” Danielle Gelber, executive producer of “Chicago Fire,” said Saturday by phone. “It felt like we were really doing well for the network. I figured we had a good chance to come back, but...

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It's difficult to tell who should be more excited NBC officially picked up “Chicago Fire” for a second season Friday: The cast and crew of the firefighter drama or the Illinois Film Office.
The good news allows the Dick Wolf-produced show to...